Legarda to LGUs: Implement Solid Waste Management Act Strictly to Avoid Recurring Floods

AS THE FLOODS CAUSED BY THE RAINS FROM TYPHOON FALCON SUBSIDE AND FAMILIES RETURN TO THEIR HOMES FROM EVACUATION CENTERS, THE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT LAW BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) IS ONE OF THE NEXT CRUCIAL STEPS TO UNDERTAKE, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY STRESSED.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that part of disaster risk reduction efforts is to solve the cause of floods that keep on recurring every time a tropical […]